Sometime later this year I’m going to get a custom tshirt made.
It’ll be black, with white lettering, and will simply read:
NO, I’M NOT PERFECT.
NOW GET OVER IT.
I mentioned this to K, and to my cousin A, and they both seemed interested, so I think I’m going to end up getting a batch made.
Since I can’t leave it at that, here’s my reasoning…
People seem to spend all their time trying to look perfect to everyone else. Always strong, smart, funny, popular, what ever it is that people call important. I think it would be better if we all started with one simple fact… I’m NOT PERFECT. I never have been, I never will be, and therefore I do not need to pretend to be something I’m not to everyone around me. People will just have to accept me with all of my imperfections, and I will have to do the same for them.
Life is not a game. You shouldn’t get docked points for not matching up to an unreal expectation! Everyone should start with a clean slate, and everything about them should ADD to the whole, not take away.
I know there are people out there who could be good friends, lovers, role models, or teachers, but I’m not sure how to find them. Everyone hides who they really are behind a mask, and it’s to keep from getting hurt. But it makes it hard to really know the people you meet, to make any kind of connection.
So I’m going to make a tshirt, and I’m going to wear it! I’m no better than the other fakers really, I hide who I really am too, but I’m nearly at the point where I won’t be afraid to say it, to say
NO, I’M NOT PERFECT.
NOW GET OVER IT.